5:22 PM ET Steve KimESPN Top Rank’s Bob Arum says he expects WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford to return in the fall when he hopes spectators will be allowed back into fights. Currently, Top Rank’s events are being held in a crowdless venue at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. “We’re going to have Terence
3:43 PM ET Oklahoma State’s Chuba Hubbard, the nation’s leading rusher last season, tweeted Monday that he “won’t be doing anything for Oklahoma State until things CHANGE” in response to a photo of coach Mike Gundy wearing an OAN T-shirt. “I will not stand for this,” Hubbard posted. “This is completely insensitive to everything going
7:00 AM ET The start of a new decade is upon us with the 2020 NFL season. But before we get rolling with the ’20s, ESPN is taking a look back at the best — and worst — of the 2010s and naming the top players of the decade for all 32 teams. From the
7:37 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — The silence that greeted the return of the PGA Tour at Colonial will be a familiar sound for the first major of the year. The PGA of America has submitted plans to hold the PGA Championship at Harding Park without spectators, and the San Francisco Chronicle
8:18 PM ET Steve KimESPN Undefeated welterweight Vergil Ortiz will be the headliner when Golden Boy Promotions returns to boxing in July. The original plan for Golden Boy was for the highly marketable and telegenic Ryan Garcia to take part in the main event on the Fouth of July. But the two sides were not
6:53 AM IST Kevin Roberts‘ ignominious exit from Cricket Australia will see the T20 World Cup local organising chief, Nick Hockley, installed as acting chief executive while the governing body conducts a global search for the next long-term leader. Hockley, who has impressed many with his handling of the women’s event capped by a crowd
1:16 PM ET Another week has come and gone, with one high-profile transfer nearing its conclusion, the Bundesliga title fight looking all but over, the Black Lives Matter movement receiving more support and much more. It’s Monday, and Gab Marcotti reacts to the biggest moments in the sport of football from the past week. Jump
6:33 PM ET Associated Press WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Morgan Burke, the longest serving athletic director in Purdue history, died at his home Monday after battling a rare disease for the past year. He was 68. University officials said in a statement Burke had been diagnosed with amyloidosis, an ailment caused by the buildup of
5:38 PM ET Associated Press The PGA Tour will keep the 3M Open in Minnesota on schedule, but the second-year event will be played without spectators on site. Tournament officials announced Monday that the state’s health guidelines currently in place for public gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic will keep the galleries empty throughout the weekend
6:06 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Malika Andrews Close ESPN Staff Writer Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2018 Appears regularly on ESPN Chicago 1000 As a growing faction of NBA players remains uncertain about committing to the league’s plan for restarting the season
2:10 PM ET Dallas Stars defenseman Roman Polak told a Czech website that he will do everything he can to avoid returning to the NHL this summer to complete a restarted season, while announcing he had agreed to join a Czech league team for the 2020-21 season. “I am determined to stay at home. If
10:42 AM ET Major League Baseball informed clubs on Monday that they can resume scouting activities, ending the ban that was instituted on March 19 due to the coronavirus pandemic, a source told ESPN. There is a limit of three scouts per MLB club for each event, as a way for clubs to ramp up
10:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Here are some truths about Major League Baseball right now. The league and players have spent the past two months bickering, not listening to one another and prioritizing self over sport. Their
8:20 AM ET Mack Brown knew it was time to step away. When he was head coach at Texas, the Longhorns went 13-1 in 2009, losing only to Alabama in the national championship game. That loss devastated him, and he dwelled on it endlessly. Rather than focusing on the 13 wins and celebrating his players
11:00 AM ET There was a moment in December when Jay Sugarman became convinced that Kevin Durant was precisely the man he wanted to join the Philadelphia Union’s ownership group. Durant was paying a visit to the Union’s campus in Chester, Pennsylvania, and naturally, the NBA superstar’s presence created a stir in the team’s offices.
6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw, there wasn’t anything particularly memorable about South Carolina defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw back in October 2017. Kinlaw’s Gamecocks had just pummeled Greenlaw’s Arkansas Razorbacks 48-22, with a sophomore Kinlaw posting three tackles, including one for a loss. But a couple of
10:50 PM IST Danyal Rasool Mohammad Hafeez, the second-longest serving Pakistan cricketer in the current setup, could yet extend his 17-year career. Hafeez’s original plan was to retire in November this year, after the T20 World Cup in Australia but he said – in a video conference – that he would continue to make himself
10:46 AM ET Phil Mickelson’s company, Mickelson Inc., has applied for a trademark through the United States Patent and Trademark office for the use of “Coffee For Wellness.” The company filed the application on June 9 for the trademark on coffee, coffee beans, coffee pods and a few other applications of coffee. It is accompanied